NASA's SWOT satellite has revealed unseen ocean depths, mapping seafloor features that shape life, currents and tectonics.

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using ...

Launched in December 2022, the satellite measures the height of water on nearly all of Earth's surface, including the ocean ... The improved view from SWOT also gives researchers more insight ...

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The map of seafloor features like abyssal hills in the Indian Ocean is based on sea surface height data from the SWOT satellite. Purple denotes regions that are lower relative to higher regions ...